Interview made by Felipe Maurer de Barros
Planet Tatami: Thanks for the interview
Planet Tatami: How is your training to the fight against Jardine? Brandon Vera: It's going very well. No complaints at all.
Planet Tatami: Why did you drop to LHW? Brandon Vera: The UFC asked me to. So I said sure lets try it out.
Planet Tatami: How was your adaptation in light heavyweight division? Brandon Vera: My first fight was hard, especially with cutting weight. I haven't had to do that in about 9 years... That sucked.
Planet Tatami: How often do you practice your ground game? Who is your Jiu-Jitsu trainer? What is your graduation in that martial art? Brandon Vera: I train my ground everyday. My Instructor is Master Lloyd Irvin and I'm currently a brown belt under him.
Planet Tatami: How many fights do you still have in your UFC contract? Brandon Vera: After this fight with Keith Jardine I will have one more fight with the UFC.
Planet Tatami: Which fighter would you like to face in LHW division? Why? Brandon Vera: There are so many good fighters in the LHW div that are phenomal I will probably have to face them all some day.
Planet Tatami: Who are the guys that you have been training with? Brandon Vera: I train with a whole slew of guys. Dominic Cruz, Gary Padillia, to Gator Man "Jacare", Rampage Jackson, Tim Carpenter, Cain Valasquez.... the list goes on and on.
Planet Tatami: How was your loss to Fabrício Werdum? Do you still want a revenge fight? Brandon Vera: I'm still upset about that fight and I can't wait to get that avenged.
Planet Tatami: Could you explain us what really happened about your fight against Lyoto Machida? Did you really deny the fight against him or it was only a misunderstood? Brandon Vera: I said that I did not want to fight Lyoto Machia on short notice.... for a fighter like him I need to study his gameplan and be ready for that fight. I didn't want to take it on 3.5 weeks notice.
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